Nutritional hormesis | European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: Hormesis, the biological and toxicological concept that small quantities have opposite effects from large quantities, is reviewed with emphasis on its relevance to

nutrition. RESULTS: Hormetic and other dose–response relationships are categorized, depicted, and discussed. Evidence for nutritional hormesis is presented for essential vitamin and mineral

nutrients, dietary restriction, alcohol (ethanol), natural dietary and some synthetic pesticides, some herbicides, and acrylamide. Some of the different hormetic mechanisms that have been

proposed are reviewed. CONCLUSIONS: The credence and relevance of hormesis to nutrition are considered to be established. The roles of hormesis in nutritional research and in formulating

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